Special Edition Honda CBR250RR SP Launched

Honda’s sports machines seem to be headlining the news currently. The flagship CBR1000RR-R Fireblade is set to be launched in India (and we have received the prices!). Meanwhile, its supersport icon, the CBR600RR, has been revised for 2021 and now a special edition version of the delectable CBR250RR has been launched in Indonesia. This version is called the CBR250RR SP Quick Shifter Special Edition Garuda x Samurai. Quite a mouthful, isn’t it? It is priced at 77.70 million Indonesian Rupiah, which is a heart-ache inducing Rs 3.94 lakh. Rs 4 lakh for a 250cc bike? Gulp!

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What’s special? For starters, the new ‘Garuda x Samurai’ livery honours Indonesia’s 75th Independence Day, which falls on 17 August. Only 75 units of this unique livery will be made. The mythical Garuda holds a special place in Indonesian heritage; you can even find it on the country’s national emblem. It flanks the left side of the bike while the right fairing is graced by a samurai. While you would associate samurais with Japanese culture, the Indonesians look at it as a symbol of strength.

Besides the livery, you also get riding aids like a bi-directional quickshifter and slip-and-assist clutch as standard. These aids first arrived on the CBR250RR last month when Honda introduced SP with the fancier dual-tone colours.

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The bike is still powered by a 249.7cc high-strung parallel-twin motor that dishes out 41PS at 13,000rpm and 25Nm at 11,000rpm. That’s certainly more power than the TVS Apache RR 310 and nearabout the same as the KTM RC 390, the latter slated for an update next year. Plus, it gets ride-by-wire and three riding modes: Comfort, Sport and Sport+.

Suspension duties are handled by a USD fork and a preload-adjustable monoshock mounted on an aluminium swingarm. The SP is equipped with petal disc brakes at both ends and ABS is offered as standard.

Much like the CBR600RR, we have to resign ourselves to drool over the images of the CBR250RR as the bike is unlikely to make it Honda’s Indian outlets.